Secret Lives and Other Stories By Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Secret Lives and Other Stories By Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o is renowned for his political novels and plays, yet he honed his craft as a short story writer. First published in 1975, Secret Lives and Other Stories brings together a range of Ngugi's political short stories. From tales of the meeting between magic and superstition, to stories about the modernising forces of colonialism, and the pervasive threat of nature, this collection celebrates the storytelling might of one of Africa's best

the destruction of the Indian textile

and the arts

and a girl who tells him about Father Christmas

that promise remains unfulfilled

religious faith and philosophy with simple advice

the perpetual waste and repair

intrudes on her solitude

Here is a book not just for youth

one mother is told that her only child is doing fine

Master the art of living from one of the world’s most revered spiritual leaders

the kukri fighting knife

unafraid to be herself